Israel, U.S. Prepare For Further Attacks On Syria

In 2018, the Syrian war entered into a new phase of the conflict marked by the increased tensions among key powers involved in the standoff. The collapse of ISIS’ self-proclaimed Caliphate, which used to be a main formal enemy of both the US-led bloc and the Syrian-Iranian-Russian alliance, has sharpened the contrast between the goals of the two sides.

The Damascus government, Iran and Russia seek to solve fully the militancy using depending on the situation both diplomatic and military means and to restore the Syrian territorial integrity. In turn, real goals of the US-Israeli bloc and their allies are to limit the Iranian influence in the region, to prevent the Assad government from restoring full control even in a diplomatic way of the country and to establish a weak puppet government in Damascus, if this would be possible in some case.

This is why President Trump’s statements about “withdrawing” US troops are followed by reports about new US military facilities under construction in northern Syria. The same reasons are behind the increased Israeli military activity. Tel Aviv would see any strong Damascus government, especially with close ties to Iran, as a threat to its national security.

Since the start of the year, Israel has carried out at least 10 rounds of strikes on targets inside Syria. The most prominent of them is the May 10 incident when the Israeli military carried out a massive strike on multiple targets across Syria justifying its actions with an alleged rocket attack on its positions in the Golan Heights by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Summing up the reports, the Israeli military launched more than 70 air-to-surface and tactical missiles at over 50 targets, including the Iranian armed units’ deployment sites as well as the positions of the Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) units. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 28 Israeli jets F-15 and F-16 participated in the air raid. They launched at least 60 air-to-surface missiles.

Following the strike, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman claimed that nearly all Iranian infrastructure in Syria had been destroyed. Liberman also once again said that Tel Aviv “will not allow Iran to turn Syria into a frontline base for activity against Israel”.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 27 pro-government fighters, including 11 Iranians, were killed in the incident. However, according to some pro-government sources, only 3 people were killed and 2 others were injured.

Despite statements by Russian and Syrian militaries that the SADF intercepted over a half of the Israeli missiles, Israeli missiles delivered notable damage to the military infrastructure of pro-government forces in Syria. Summing up, the Israeli May 10 attack was more successful than the April 14 missile strike by the US, France and the UK.

It should be noted that the Israeli strike took place less than a month after the April 14 incident when the US, France and the UK launched 105 missiles on targets inside Syria. Then, the Pentagon claimed that all the missiles hit their targets. However, the Russian military demonstrated vestiges of intercepted and unexploded missiles debunking the Pentagon’s version. According to the Russians, only 22 missiles hit their targets, 66 missiles were intercepted and a part of the missiles failed to reach their targets by different, apparently technical, reasons. Then, the experts suggested that the Russian military had possibly used its state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems and provided the SADF with operational data from its technical reconnaissance net, including satellites and other surveillance means.

There are two key factors explaining the difference in the results of the US-led and Israeli strikes:

Israel massively used tactical air-to-surface missiles from a relatively small distance. As a result, the SADF had much less time and opportunities to intercept them by fire or to use some EW measures;

By contrast to the April 14 case, the Russian military most likely did not employ own EW systems and did not provide the SADF with the access to operational data from its technical reconnaissance net ahead of the encounter.

In this situation, the interception of over a half of the launched missiles can be described as a success of the Syrian military.

Furthermore, some experts believe that one of the goals of the attack was to check current capabilities of the SADF, which Washington did by Israeli hands. The received info will likely be used by the US and Israel for planning of their further operations in the region.

As tensions between the Israeli-US-led bloc and Iran are growing, Syria could easily become a battleground of their direct military confrontation. In the general case, Israel will continue to carry out strikes on military infrastructure of Syria and Iranian forces operating in the country.

If Israeli attacks result in successes, the US may decide to carry out a new attack on Syria using the obtained experience.

The situation remains tense.

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Yes, the US and Israel will continue with their attacks. However, after the attack by the US, UK and France, Russia beefed up Syrian AA missile systems, sending them extra Pantsirs and other high tech. No doubt more high tech will arrive. The performance of the Syrian military has been quite impressive so far. The US better take this into consideration. What the article does not mention is the fact that after the Israeli attack, Syria fired ground to ground missiles against Israeli targets in the Golan. Even the Israeli media concedes that some installations were hit. This was probably unexpected. Obviously a warning by Syria.

With concerning US military policy, it is important to understand that Trump is not in charge. America has not had civilian control of the military for quite some time now. Thus, what the elected President says does not matter. The incident mentioned in this piece is the perfect example.

Trump excels at saying what a crowd wants to here. Trump told a crowd at a large rally that he would be getting out of Syria real soon. The crowd cheered, as this is what American citizens want. The next day, senior military commanders told a congressional hearing that not only was America not leaving but that they would be sending more troops, guns and money to Syria.

As is now the case in America, the only statement that mattered is what the military leaders say. There is no civilian control of the mlitary, and thus no democracy in America. The one message that has been delivered very loudly since the 2016 elections is that American voters are not allowed to end these wars.

this is absolutely 100% bogus.
the american president has total final say be he informed or be he a dunce like tRUMP….Otherwise you would not see many stories how easily he is manipulated by flattery..as one example.

Where is “we are the most powerful military in the world” as proclaimed by both the USA and Israel. Look at these guys, they’re testing the waters to see if they have any chance of winning. I say they are scared shit and their confidence is dwindling. Any sort of serious counter attack by Russia and the US and Israel will say good-bye. Hopefully that’s the case or an all out war will result. That’s no good!

Sayed Hasan’s article on these site gave a sobering perspective, debunking the repeat of the zionist propaganda. I am doubtful they will repeat their adventure into Syria again, the rules of engagement have fundamentally changed.

SOCHI, May 16. /TASS/. Russian naval ships armed with cruise missiles Kalibr will be permanently on duty in the Mediterranean, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in his opening remarks at a meeting with top officials of the Defense Ministry and defense-industrial complex on Wednesday.
“A total of 102 voyages by surface ships and submarines are scheduled for this year. As the risk of attacks by international terrorists in Syria remains our ships armed with cruise missiles will be permanently on duty in the Mediterranean,” he said.

Is this an answer to criricism or concern of Russia not supplying the s300…..a warning to “international terrorists” could be anyone breaking again international law…as surely Russia has used ships in Caspian sea previously….is this some kind of continuation to Russian statement that should any Russian forces be under threat then the source of that threat would be eliminated? There seems to be an intention to strongly advise and bring to the notice of the world that Syria perhaps Iran have some kind of more guaranteed protection from the Mediterranean area? Perhaps Lebanon ..Hezbollah…Hamas too?

Russia is in Syria to stay.
More Kalibrs are being stationed on ships in the East Mediterranean.
Combined with the Caspian Fleet and plane platforms that could be employed as launchers, Syria can be peppered with these devastating missiles.

All the US and Israel can do with their attacks on Iranian and Syrian bases and depots is risk a Russian reaction that will be devastating.

It may be coming. Certainly, any planner or analyst who thinks Russia is not in Syria forever is underestimating the Russian position. That is as stupid as poking the Bear.

Al Tanf and Hassake will have to be destroyed. There is evidence and reports that US troops have been hit 3-4 times by “insurgent” forces in IED attacks, usually on convoys. The death toll is mounting. Raqqa has become a death zone for Americans, quite ironically, since they won’t allow Syrians or Russians near.

Deir ez Zor is still a problem for the Americans. They are trying to mix ISIS with SDF Kurds. That hasn’t been working too well. Al Kamal is another sore spot for Americans.

They may have 14 bases in the Northeast and East, and al Tanf along the southern border, but any of these locations is indefensible.

Kalibrs would tear them to shreds.

Unless the US opts for large war, a confrontation with Russia directly, they will be driven out.
What Russia is doing is signaling a better way. Leave.

I think many more EW and Pantsir-S1s, Buks and radars will be too much for US and Israel, soon.

How the US fights is why they can never win. They will never achieve air dominance in Syria.
If they want to win with no troops on the ground, they will need ballistic missiles. If they go that far down the path to war, they will get war. And devastation will be returned to them.

The US simply cannot win in Syria. They never won in Iraq, haven’t won in Afghanistan, and probably, will never win again anywhere. All they can do is create chaos and destroy infrastructures.

By coincidence, “Blade Trilogy” came on free-to-air TV last night in my locale. No comment worth while other than considering that all Hollywood scripts and productions get vetted by the DoD et al. The arch villain in this episode came from Baghdad, or Babylon, or some such reference; was ‘found’ in Iraq during the war; and looked like an Iraqi Arab. Dated now but showed clearly the level of drivel that US movie plots have descended to, and the opportunity for continual drip-feed of bias and mass psyche manipulation they offer. It’s part of the spectrum, and part of the dominance program, and should not be discounted.

Exactly, Russia is to stay.
The very least Assad can offer Putin for saving his country from descending into a chaos a la Libya is a permanent warm water port, which from Russia’s perspective is of extremely high value.
For this to happen, obviously Putin is keen to to maintain some kind of civility with Israel. At least for the time being, i.e. as long as possible.

another example renewing the puzzling question as to why Putin will not give Syria the s-300 or even the s-400.

i know everyone has tremendous insights and explanations of how clever Putin is and how he sees so far ahead and others offer rational arguments that the Syrian defense is not Russian concern…but..i sadly just aint as perceptive as those giants.

all i know is what i see…i just cant seem to train those flies to talk to me after they fly home from the wall…and i see Russia having invested lots of resources in winning for Assad the war..and recognizing the intent of america and israel…why putin would allow them to maintain their air advantage.

some say he is afraid of wider conflict if those defensive systems are used to shot down planes…yet why should Syria not be able to prevent such bombings…and what is a wider escalation then the announce intent of american war mongers and bibi…than regime change and war against Iran next?

They stand off outside Syrian borders (over Israel, or Jordan or Iraq or Saudi Arabia). They ask for de-confliction permissions for all their flights.

Hardly constitutes air advantage.

“yet why should Syria not be able to prevent such bombings?”

Guided bombs not regular bombs, and missiles not bombs.
Syria cannot prevent all such attacks, especially when swarmed and many decoys are used.
Even S-300 and S-400s have limited missiles and ammo if hundreds of objects are swarming.
It’s war, not a video game.

There are real constraints on Russian strength in Syria. And there are real Russian constraints on Israel and US war plans. In between, Syria suffers. It’s like Donbass. There are limits and limitations.

The reasons are simple:
1/ Whose going to pay for them? Syria has not got any money.
2/ Israel will be persistent. They will destroy them with whatever it takes. Fire 100 surface to surface missiles at the s400 batteries and they nolonger exist.
Once this has happened the mystery of the s400 no longer exists. Will the Saudis or Turks then buy the s400? No they wont.
The end result of giving Syria s300/s400 is Russia will be much the loser.

Russia are not prepared to go full-throttle (re Russian Ambassador to Israel remarks that Israeli national security is to be be respected) to win the Syrian war. Without their 100% application a half hearted implementation of protection via gifting S300/S400 to Syrian control would expose those systems as ineffective (via Israeli attack). Not only would the gifted assets be a financial write off but future global Russian arms sales would fall off a cliff.

Not so much about Russia being the loser as the Russian MIC being the loser.

Everything points to a perfect storm brewing. Sudden escalation of the Palestinian conflict, Iran ditching dollar (rumors of EU doing the same in some oil trades, too, though I have a hard time believing that), Korea just one major provocation of the US away from becoming worse than before Trumplomacy.

Add to that all the other unresolved conflicts wordlwide, the mounting ecological and social crises and the general disenfranchisment from power of the masses in east and west.

Meanwhile many seek refuge in religion, drugs, obsession. I see a rather bleak future for humanity.

“general disenfranchisment from power of the masses in east and west.”

why do I not trust VVP?
its the same with Jin Ping: I dont trust him either

the Russian and Chinese Rothschild central Banks are central to my distrust. why are these banks still in existence..operating as they were meant to..i.e Bleeding both countries economically? why have they been there all along? Russia and China are not Africa..so why?

and of course…”the general disenfranchisement of the people East and West” why in the East.. if Russia and China are truly progressive nationalist actors..why not the opposite of general disenfranchisement..inclusion?

then there is Putin’s political/social behavior..keeping company with oligarchs… peppering his cabinet with dubious figures of anti-Russian taint.

in addition in the East… the installation of Jin Ping’s thought as permanent and active factor in the Chinese ideological sphere. did Karl Marx have anything to say about such a development..something about there being no last word, that everything changes and requires constant analysis to keep abreast of and on top of the flow of existence?

the question such facts engender is: how deep is the New World Order? Does it include the entire Russian and Chinese elites, absorbed by the Zionist money mob, long time now?

if that is the case a giant game is being played on the human population at gargantuan cost in money and lives, destruction of national infrastructures, the destruction of the human psyche, human sexuality, environment. all for population reduction..the creation of a Zionist controlled global state?

but if the controllers are going to own it all in the end why not..the expense seems manageable. but is such a plan possible? it surely is conceivable if even I can think of it..far those in the game in control and with a vested interest in its development and implementation.

Far fetched?

I have no idea if this is true or not but many facts involved suggest that there is a great deal more in the global mix, initiated and effected by the major actors, none more so than the long-standing financial overlords of the world, than meets the eye. I have seen a commentator or 2 mention this idea before…’that they are all involved in a new world order conspiracy’

the loss of inclusion globally is very worrying…all governments behave the same way.almost ALL of them, dominating ordinary folk in all nations. I can think of Eritrea, Bolivia, Venezueala as countries in which there is some democracy.

but even Maduro had to be dragged to setting up a constituent assembly by the threat of coup and invasion. Venezuela’s issues can be best addressed by going all the way to inclusive democracy as quickly as possible. but then that is the case with the world..the global crisis can best be addressed by revolutionary change of ownership of society starting in the work place with with worker co-operatives
,
Maduro did not/does not appear keen to travel as fast as is required towards socialism. and that may cost him his life in the end..and that of the whole socialist leadership of his country.

New world order on a huge and deep level being played on the people of the world by world elites/global leadership?

Interesting! I suggest that that possibility must at the very least, be considered

This Southfront report doesn’t really lay out much info about what israeloamerica are doing to prepare their war expansion campaign against Syria and relies too much on zionazi-gay propaganda in some areas. I’ll elaborate more later, if I have time.

@vot. Do you really think Uncle $cam and Little Izzie still have plans? Their big plans for the ME have been smashed by the successful and ever growing resistance in Syria and around Syria. As someone said above, they are reduced to mere testing the waters.

But the Southfront report does beg the obvious question – why, for the Israeli led strike, did the Russian military not provide the SADF with the access to operational data from its technical reconnaissance net ahead of the encounter?

Syria has turned out to be “the stone in the middle of the road” — the road that was going to lead a victorious Anglo Zio Capitalist “Coalition of the Killing” from Serbia (the British Empire’s 1914 “Gateway to Mesopotamia”) via the oilfields of Iraq to the oilfields of Iran. Syria has destroyed our Jihadist proxy army so now the glove-puppet is off, and the AZC prepares to use the national armies of the West in plain sight; beginning with the USA and Israel. Israel is a “Western” nation — a member of NATZO de facto if not de jure — but it is doubtful if would-be Western nation cum de jure NATZO member Turkey is still committed as it was 7 years ago when its Western ambitions misled Turkey into abandoning its own policy of “Zero problems with ME neighbours” and support the Western terrorist creation, ISIS.

From SyrPer, AntiJihadist writes [plus my comments]:

“There are reports of an offensive in the Anadan plains being planned by the Syrian Arab Army with tacit Turkish approval, to liberate the Aleppo-Kilis highway into Turkey, in order for trade and travel to resume. Hayat Tahrir al Sham have been attacking Aleppo from this part and violating the de-escalation agreement. I guess we can interpret Turkey’s action as a sign of the winding down of the war; as a sign that economic and trade relations between Turkey and Syria are beginning to take precedence like before the war. The offensive into Jisr al Sugur will be delayed. The upcoming round of Astana meetings will further cement the SAA roadmap for Daraa and Idlib.

Great progress in Rastan, and Yarmouk is unfortunately proving to be quite a deadly battle, but a necessary one [in the South, getting nearer to NATZO forces in Israel and Jordan]. The war is definitely winding down and entering a new phase, one with more political wrangling as the left-over pockets are now to be negotiated and partition resisted. Then there are the Tanf and Rojava US-occupied regions to deal with; but once Syria and her allies have cleaned up the other pockets, that will give maximum leverage and power to Syria — and [victory there will] free up even more manpower”. [to resist a hypothetical direct attack by USA and Israel]

1. Reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria.

Clear indication of the Troika’s War Aims. Music to Assad’s ears and that of the Resistance.

From this post:

Liberman also once again said that Tel Aviv “will not allow Iran to turn Syria into a frontline base for activity against Israel”.

One can’t resist a gleeful smile — despite the death and destruction in Syria — looking at the criminal Tel Aviv regime scurrying hither and thither to dig itself out of a hole it has dug itself into through its own arrogance. All it needs for the situation to solidify is Syria’s ability to control its skies. Couple that with the announced, the keyword here being ‘announced’, presence of Kalibers in theatre and things are looking bleak for Tel Aviv at the moment. US/Nato/Saudi-Wahhabi commanders on the ground in eastern Syria must be looking at their Israeli colleagues and saying, “What the f&*k have you got us into?” What a cock-up!

If Turkey keeps its word, the Israeli/US/Nato/Wahhabi operation east of the Euphrates will become quite untenable. It is still early days but the political situation in Iraq doesn’t look too promising for the AZios’ (and I count Wahhabis as part of their number) project in eastern Syria either. In Syria’s south, well, the hapless Jordanians are stuck. They’re the key to al-Tanf now that Iraq has sealed its border with Syria there. Could the Jordanians do a 180 and withdraw support? Unlikely because that would mean instant removal of the ruling dynasty by the AZios. Poor Jordan.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 27 pro-government fighters, including 11 Iranians, were killed in the incident. However, according to some pro-government sources, only 3 people were killed and 2 others were injured.

Dunno why SF quotes SOHR, which everybody knows is a UK funded 2-man operation based in England, in this report but I think SF is trying to provide figures from both sides of the fence and SOHR seems to be the most oft-quoted source of ‘information’ in Western media.

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